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32 points for designers

April 4th, 2014, 8pm

From my rushed notes that night (cursing myself for not bringing a notebook; had to try to type them all up on my phone!) Sorry Daniel, spoilers for his future talks, I suppose! Also not verbatim. But all still good to remember. ;)

Do good work. Everything else will follow. Your work is the foundation of everything you’re doing.

Learning to design is like…
learning to play the piano — you need to spend a lot of hours on the keys. Learn from people better than you.

… or like crossing a desert.

Find mentorship where you can find it. (Ah, I need a mentor.)

Be available.

Find the challenge in every project.

Other designers are not your audience.

Design competitions are bullshit. ;)

Beauty isn’t the goal. (Guilty — sometimes, I just want to make things pretty.)